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A post can be within the boundaries of the rules but against the 'spirit' of the rules. When I wrote it it was in reference to knowledge of the issues that the players are protesting about, and I won't pull any punches on that one. I will look at it again tomorrow with fresh eyes. Love you, brother.

What board members did I insult? I was speaking generally, and that IS allowed. I didn't say "the low information posters," I was talking on a societal level. It's no different than the "if someone at their job," does that. I didn't escalate anything. Slick just went into that thread and said that everyone was doing well keeping it clean and apolitical. I kept it pretty clean while also not capitulating or pulling any punches.

You called out a poster for being divisive and skimmed out one guy telling the protesters to eff off (uncalled for, their hearts are in the right place) and another poster who called them morons. You then ignored the crap they shoveled at me, and between you and I in our exchange you were the one who got shitty with me. You wanna turn a blind eye to some of the obvious bigotry in that thread, go for it. And I love you, but the holier than thou act in that MHS is wildly incorrect.

I deleted it, but that doesn't work logically. White people aren't oppressed, they're not victims of racism. They're the majority. You can't oppress the majority, and while you may not agree with this, I can provide you with oodles of scholarship on the subject. Also, I think I was within the lines because there are threads where we're told some slurs are in fact allowed, or at least not blatantly disallowed. I deleted it because I didn't want it to be a headache for you. I deleted it out of respect, and because I really, truly, sincerely, don't want to make more work for the mods; this includes lengthy discussions where even if I'm right it's still a big board blowup. I remember the letter I wrote and sent to the mod team. But, respectfully, I do not agree with your assessment, which in this instance, might not be here or there, but is relevant in the bigger picture.

That's unfortunate. I don't think the rules prohibit that line of joking, but I know that it's not accepted in any professional world, and the attitude towards those jokes are changing. Rapidly. That populace is not at fault, and they've done nothing wrong. To mock them and equate their condition or reality of living to a football coach is more disrespectful to said populace. In a less formal way, I think it's a punk move to use a disadvantaged populace as a punchline.